tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35009707100582381202019-02-21T00:54:19.748-08:00Raptivity - Rapid Interactivity Building ToolRapid Interactivity Building ToolPoonamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11917304549371219876noreply@blogger.comBlogger336125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-4372623192604546062018-12-13T00:47:00.003-08:002018-12-13T00:52:10.037-08:00Free Storyboard Completeness Checklist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Whether you’re building an eLearning course independently or in a team, there is always the probability of missing something or the other in your storyboard. Team Raptivity has created a self-review storyboard completeness checklist to make your work easier. Use it to ensure that you have followed general hygiene standards across your storyboard.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/pdf/Id-checklist.pdf">Download the checklist for free here.</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/pdf/Id-checklist.pdf"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="739" height="251" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ty6ARRMIxxs/XBIQF0IS0zI/AAAAAAAAAR0/DAPkE5EcxkYiAZ4sq1rbR24e-prMCsrKQCLcBGAs/s320/ID%2Bchklst.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-60536048594731539382018-10-17T02:07:00.000-07:002018-10-17T02:08:45.091-07:00Raptivity and Quillionz – The New Way to Build Interactive Quizzes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1WZy5YrLTO8/W8b5IpzX_mI/AAAAAAAAAK8/BVOy8rdqgUUa7ud0Og3wlGg2rs-jnNpzgCLcBGAs/s1600/The%2Bproblem%2Bwith%2Bquestions%2B-%2B1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="425" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1WZy5YrLTO8/W8b5IpzX_mI/AAAAAAAAAK8/BVOy8rdqgUUa7ud0Og3wlGg2rs-jnNpzgCLcBGAs/s640/The%2Bproblem%2Bwith%2Bquestions%2B-%2B1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Raptivity has always been at the forefront of innovation. With its unique and useful interactivity building solutions, it has been the tool of choice for many educators and instructional designers. As a product, Raptivity has always focused on interactivity building and left content ownership to instructional designers and SMEs. But now, we are contemplating if we should unify these two activities and make the whole eLearning creation process smoother than earlier for our users. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Raptivity is envisaging a new vision for the brand through its unification with the <a href="https://www.quillionz.com/?utm_source=raptivityblog&amp;utm_medium=raptivity&amp;utm_campaign=freepromotion">world's first AI powered platform for creating questions – Quillionz</a>. With Quillionz, users would be able to automatically create questions through a flowing, descriptive, and informative content set, which could then easily be plugged into Raptivity, and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>presented as interactive nuggets. Consider, for example, an educator has a raw content set around Plate Tectonics. S(he) can just feed this content to Quillionz and question ideas set in multiple formats will be automatically produced. A course creator can then edit, improve, or delete these questions to make them Raptivity ready. This set can then be presented using any of Raptivity’s interactive quiz templates like multiple choice questions, fill-in-the blanks, true or false questions, flash cards, or any other relevant template. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Quillionz, with its unique question building capabilities, will take the burden off educators and instructional designers to create relevant questions for assessments, saving them a lot of time and efforts. And Raptivity, like always will help them create an interactive assessment in minutes through its abundant template set.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Team Raptivity plans to unveil some demoes in-line with this new vision, at DevLearn 2018. We believe it will be the most appropriate place for us to validate this whole idea and see if people find it useful. It will be interesting to see how this new vision unfolds. To witness a demo of this solution, visit Raptivity at booth #821 at DevLearn.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-31761992616706721772018-09-11T01:51:00.001-07:002018-09-19T01:35:48.454-07:00An Educator’s Guide to Using Game Mechanics for the Win<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-duJ4LFHT-Ak/W5d9iDEmpcI/AAAAAAAAARI/f70p3YvT394l5KLPDvEoGMC_r_3YN0P-wCLcBGAs/s1600/An%2BEducator%25E2%2580%2599s%2BGuide%2Bto%2BUsing%2BGame%2BMechanics%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BWin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="1315" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-duJ4LFHT-Ak/W5d9iDEmpcI/AAAAAAAAARI/f70p3YvT394l5KLPDvEoGMC_r_3YN0P-wCLcBGAs/s640/An%2BEducator%25E2%2580%2599s%2BGuide%2Bto%2BUsing%2BGame%2BMechanics%2Bfor%2Bthe%2BWin.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Research indicates that worldwide revenues for game-based learning will climb from $2.6 billion in 2016 to $7.3 billion by 2021. This dramatic rise is proof enough that games are an exceptional learning aid. Since enough has been spoken about the usefulness of games for learning, I shall refrain from sharing further thoughts on the same, and instead talk about something equally significant but less explored - the usefulness of game mechanics in educational game design.&nbsp;&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Players seek risks, challenges, rewards, and recognition when they play a game. Application of various game mechanics to learning experiences can help fulfill these ‘human motivations’. When you design a learning game, you need to choose mechanics that seem appealing for your students, whilst also ensuring that they gel well with the context and the overall learning obje<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>ctives. While there are many prevalent mechanics, we shall only be talking about some common ones in this blog. I shall also list down relevant game ideas that generally employ these mechanics. Here we go:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: &quot;symbol&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: &quot;times new roman&quot;; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Points</span></b><br /><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">We all know what points are. Simply put, they are running numerical value related to your actions. Points are generally perceived as a form of ‘feedback’ or ‘rewards’ in learning games. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A game designed on the format of popular television show ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’ is a great example of using points as rewards for motivation. Feud game show is another interesting game format that incorporates points.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Badges</span></b><br /><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Players may be awarded badges once they accumulate a certain number of points. Badges fulfill the motivational need of ‘achievement’. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Games that deploy simulated real life scenarios are a good candidate for this game mechanic. Provide a badge every time the player moves ahead without faltering in the scenario. A game like Classdojo also makes good use of this mechanic. It uses technology to track students’ behavior. Students can be assigned distinct avatars and can be administered either a reward/badge or consequence by the educator based on their classroom behavior. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Levels</span></b><br /><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Bronze-silver-gold! Sounds familiar? Levels are systems that represent cumulative score. They fulfill the motivational driver indicating ‘status’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Jeopardy is one game format that uses levels effectively. The previously cited ‘Who wants to be a millionaire?’ is another game example which incorporates levels. These games use points and levels together to motivate learners. Players can earn some points whenever they reach a milestone, and after they have accumulated a certain number of points, they move a level higher. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Challenges</span></b><br /><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is where you compete - sometimes with time limits - to overcome obstacles. A challenge when fulfilled implies ‘achievement’ of some sort. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A timed crossword or jigsaw puzzle is a good example of a game format that employs challenge as a game mechanic. Memory games, Sudoku are some other examples of games that challenge learners’ recall abilities and logical thinking.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br />Emotions</span></b><br /><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pretty self-explanatory, this game mechanic builds its way through human emotions. Excitement, humor, surprise, and happiness are some emotions pertinent to this game mechanic.&nbsp; <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A game like ‘spin the wheel’ where players spin a digital wheel and are posed questions based on where the needle rests, is a great way to leverage the emotion of excitement in a player. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘Treasure hunt’ is another game format that builds on the emotion of ‘surprise’.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/free-trial.html?utm_campaign=blogbanner&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=bannerlinkpptblog"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="620" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2nzfQF0Wbr4/W6IKCY7fMAI/AAAAAAAAARo/7-yV2M56W5kNVRXqlnPkPqhM7xLExTonACLcBGAs/s1600/Download%2BeLearning%2BGame%2Btemplates%2B%25281%2529.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Goals</span></b><br /><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Goals give clarity and purpose. They represent a pre-defined milestone that lets them gauge their own progress and feel ‘accomplished’ once fulfilled.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A game narrative like ‘climb the peak’ where you draw players into the setup of a valley, where they need to climb a peak as the ultimate goal, while answering contextual questions on the way, is a wonderful example of the use of this mechanic. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Leaderboards</span></b><br /><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You want your name there - on a scoreboard showing the names or scores of the leading players. Leaderboards encourage ‘competition’. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You may build a leaderboard for any game using scores, badges, levels, or goals. A casino style slot machine is a great game for leaderboard display. These leaderboards could be setup manually in your classroom or through your Learning Management System.</span></div><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Game mechanics are the most prominent element of your game design. To be successful, they need to be selected based on a thorough understanding of the player, the mission and human motivation. Hope our game ideas come handy when you shortlist your game mechanics. Do let us know through comments below about your favorite learning games and the game mechanics used in them.</span></div><br /><i><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot; , &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">A lot of educators rely on&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot; , &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/?utm_campaign=raptivityblog&amp;utm_source=gamemechblog&amp;utm_medium=bloglink"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Raptivity</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot; , &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">&nbsp;to build interactive games for their classrooms. Raptivity provides multiple ready-to-use game templates and incorporating a variety of game mechanics, to be used in your learning modules. To find out more about Raptivity games, take a&nbsp;</span></i><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot; , &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.8667px;"><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/free-trial.html?utm_campaign=raptivityblog&amp;utm_source=gamemechblog&amp;utm_medium=bloglink"><i><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">free trial here.</span></i></a></span></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-59920678833070933742018-08-27T22:06:00.000-07:002018-12-18T03:57:10.351-08:00Five Essentials of Stellar Learning Quizzes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9KenTDR2G8g/W4TWvroNAjI/AAAAAAAAAKs/ILn02gg2vMs08zHyFa54b5m4DT9mZnA_QCLcBGAs/s1600/Five%2BEssentials%2Bof%2BStellar%2BLearning%2BQuizzes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1600" height="260" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9KenTDR2G8g/W4TWvroNAjI/AAAAAAAAAKs/ILn02gg2vMs08zHyFa54b5m4DT9mZnA_QCLcBGAs/s400/Five%2BEssentials%2Bof%2BStellar%2BLearning%2BQuizzes.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Do your courses need to include a quiz or a practice activity? Is it fine to build courses that don’t include tests or quizzes? Well, as an educator the choice is totally yours, but </span><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">providing learners an opportunity to fail at guessing can actually improve learning quality.&nbsp;While, if your learners know the stuff already, quizzes can be a great mechanism to provide them credit for the same. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you believe that quizzes can do your learners some good, read on. I am going to talk about the essentials of effective learning quizzes.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Good quizzes have the following in common: <o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">1. They are made of relevant, clearly written, and easily understandable questions.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The quiz questions need to align well with the course objectives. They should focus on the recall of only the material covered in your course. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Additionally, the questions need to be concise; you should omit any unnecessary information that needs learners to spend their time understanding the question correctly. The idea is not to trick the learners, but assess their knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You could either draft questions manually, or take help of a tool like </span>Quillionz <a href="https://www.quillionz.com/?utm_source=raptivity&amp;utm_medium=bloglink&amp;utm_campaign=crosspromotion" title="question generator">question generator</a><span style="color: #343738;"> to automatically generate questions from your content using Artificial Intelligence technology.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">2. They test the learners at the right time.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Well, the fact is that there is no bad time to quiz your learners. You could quiz them anytime, at the start of the course, during the course, or at the end of the course. But the key is in knowing what purpose each of these time-points serve.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Setting a quiz at the start is a great way of apprising learners of what is to come. It might make them curious and more interested in the subject.&nbsp; An introductory quiz also lets you gauge if learners already know about the topic that is going to be covered. If yes, then you might consider skipping forcing them through the course. &nbsp;</li><li>A quiz used during the course can be a good way to assess whether learners need to be re-routed back to the earlier section to understand the material better, or just reinforcing main ideas from that section would help. Such quizzes can be planted every time after logical chunks of content have been presented. &nbsp;</li><li>A quiz at the end of course can of course be used to assess learners’ understanding of the entire content presented in the course.</li></ul></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/free-trial.html?utm_campaign=blogbanner&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=bannerlinkpptblog"><span id="goog_751445765"></span><span id="goog_751445766"></span><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="620" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-967ssqEILa4/W59S2VPzzyI/AAAAAAAAARc/9Qnxqm2Lbr0MKM7xRCCxOzAoMPZWjZtDACLcBGAs/s1600/Download%2BQuiz%2BTemplates.png" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">3. They comprise appropriate answer choices.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Answer choices should challenge the learner to think through what they have learned. Of-course if the learner makes the wrong choice, feedback should help them get back on track. More on that in the next point, but as far as answer choices go, go for options that urge the learner to recall the entire concept. A limited set of clear and distinct answer options is all that you need.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Don’t be too inclined towards using too many True or False kind of answer options since they cannot judge the learner’s knowledge levels precisely. Avoid using ‘all of the above’ or ‘none of the above’ as options. Be consistent with the format for all answer options (length, grammatical parallels, etc.) For multiple choice questions, prefer to use serious distractors.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4. They provide meaningful feedback.<br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Feedback is critical. It can have both motivational and educative value. Providing well-crafted feedback in the moment-of-learning is invaluable. Make sure your feedback is courteous and crisp, yet explains what the correct answer is. Even if the learner answers correctly, your feedback can still reinforce why it is correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">5. They are presented in a relevant and interesting format. <br /><br /><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is always a good idea to use compelling quiz formats to cater to varied learning styles and to engage everyone well.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><br /></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You could evaluate different quiz presentation ideas ranging from drag-drop, multiple choice questions, trivia, fill-in type questions, true or false, open-ended questions, flash cards, game-show style quizzes, etc. &nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><br /><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Some of these formats are perfect for digital quizzes while others could be used in both classroom and digital settings. Choose the format that best measures your students’ cognitive ability for that subject. </span><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Another factor to consider when selecting a format is how much time the students will have to take the test. Open-ended or descriptive questions might not be appropriate for larger classrooms or situations where a large number of students are involved. </span><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="color: #444444; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Once you have decided on including a quiz in your learning module and thought through all the above scenarios, you could build it using a quiz building tool or a comprehensive interactivity building tool like <a href="http://www.raptivity.com/" target="_blank">Raptivity</a>.&nbsp; In addition to quizzes, Raptivity provides a plethora of other templates ranging across categories like games, simulations, presentations, and assessments. </span><br /><br /><span style="color: #343738; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">How do you build your learning quizzes? Do you follow specific guidelines? Feel free to share your thoughts through comments below.</span><o:p></o:p></div></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-1132310938036551812018-08-15T05:35:00.000-07:002018-08-19T05:18:04.575-07:00Six PowerPoint Add-Ins to Help Educators Create Sleek Slideshows<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eUncSMvga1Y/W3Qc1KKo-TI/AAAAAAAAAQw/jje7xq98i3oDetS91uIvUrg-1eWX4HZlACLcBGAs/s1600/PowerPoint%2BPlugins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eUncSMvga1Y/W3Qc1KKo-TI/AAAAAAAAAQw/jje7xq98i3oDetS91uIvUrg-1eWX4HZlACLcBGAs/s400/PowerPoint%2BPlugins.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As an educator, don’t you strive to create slideshows that can excite, engage, and educate your students in one go? But how many times has it happened that you built a presentation and thought that it needed to be improved? <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Creating bewitching presentations is an art. You either need to be a creative geek to craft one or possess the right tools to do so. I have a list of some cool PowerPoint add-ins that could help you create extraordinary presentations. Here you go:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PowerPoint Labs<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PowerPoint Labs is a wonderful add-in that is aimed at helping users with creating better effects and animations in their slides. It is specifically great for educators or professors, with its neat transitions and zooming effects. You could use it to light up specific objects using spotlight, highlight bullet points, slide segments or backgrounds, crop out part of an image without using an image editor, and drill down to important details using the magnifying effect. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">With its nifty features to spruce up presentations, PowerPoint Labs is a must-have in your add-ins library. As on today, this add-in is free and works with PowerPoint version 2010 and above. You can </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.comp.nus.edu.sg/~pptlabs/" rel="nofollow">download it here.</a></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ShapeChef<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">If you are not pleased with the limited selection of default graphics PowerPoint has to offer, then you are going to love ShapeChef - a graphic and chart library add-in. ShapeChef offers high-quality PowerPoint graphics, charts, and icons for your presentations. You can make use of ShapeChef's instant search feature to find the graphics you're looking for. It even lets you save and categorize your own creations. This add-in integrates a library pane into the PowerPoint window, which allows you to download their graphic collections and organize your assets.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ShapeChef’s trial version comes with a limited number of shapes and can</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"> be </span><a href="https://www.shapechef.com/download" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">downloaded here</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">. To access the entire shapes’ library, you may </span><a href="https://www.shapechef.com/order" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">check out their full version pricing here</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pexels<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Are you forever on the lookout for relevant images to add to your presentations? Well, there is definitely something amiss if you are not.&nbsp; But if you are on the right track, then you need to check out </span><a href="https://www.pexels.com/" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Pexels</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">. It is one of our favorite image libraries for completely free stock photos. All photos are tagged, searchable and also easy to discover through their discover pages. This add-in is a huge time-saver for anyone searching for and adding images to their decks. You don’t even need to open up a web browser, simply open the add-in within PowerPoint after you are done installing, find your image and click on it. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">It is a free add-in available on the OfficeStore, you may </span><a href="https://store.office.com/en-001/app.aspx?assetid=WA104379997" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">download it here</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PPT2HTM5<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">PPT2HTML5 converts your PowerPoint content to HTML5 with the guarantee to maintain the quality of animations, transitions and other special effects connected with the original PowerPoint presentation. You can then use your online presentation&nbsp;on iPad, iPhone and other devices. Good tool when you need to host your PowerPoints as online modules for your students to access!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">HTML5Point runs on&nbsp;any PowerPoint version for Windows&nbsp;later than 2002. You could<span style="color: #0b274f;"> </span></span><a href="https://www.ppt-to-html5.com/powerpoint-to-html5-free-download.html" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">take a free trial here</span></a><span style="color: #0b274f; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">, or </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://www.plimus.com/jsp/buynow.jsp?contractId=3225770" rel="nofollow">buy the paid version.</a></span><span style="color: #0b274f; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Raptivity<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;">If you are looking at creating interactive presentations, Raptivity could be the right choice. Raptivity’s 190+ customizable interaction templates can infuse life into your otherwise dull and static PowerPoints. You could present your slides in the form of a flipbook, a game, an explorative scenario, a timeline, or even as a quiz. &nbsp;Raptivity is essentially a desktop based interactivity building tool but it comes with a PowerPoint add-in to enable insertion of interactions into slide decks. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">You could start a </span><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/free-trial.html?utm_campaign=blogbanner&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=bannerlinkpptblog"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">fully functional trial of Raptivity here</span></a><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, and choose to pay up later.<o:p></o:p></span><br /><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/free-trial.html?utm_campaign=blogbanner&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=bannerlinkpptblog"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="620" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S-G7Fn4KQ-Q/W3lf0hezVII/AAAAAAAAAQ8/ZYanJjBZGYEmaLDwn0bxYzs8tP375AzUQCLcBGAs/s1600/Raptivity%2B-%2BInteractive%2Bpresentation%2Bbuilder%2B%25281%2529.png" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Opazity&nbsp;</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Opazity builds on the power of curiosity to catch, hold and maintain your audience’s attention. It provides a tool&nbsp;to blur part of your slide in slide show mode. You can use it to put the focus on what you are talking about, blur out or reveal backgrounds, make foregrounds stand out, or hide answers to&nbsp;a quiz. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Opazity works for any version of PowerPoint for Windows from PowerPoint 2000 onwards. You<span style="color: #0b274f;"> could </span></span><a href="http://www.presentationpro.com/opazity.aspx" rel="nofollow"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">purchase it here</span></a><span style="color: #0b274f; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Alone or together, the above add-ins provide a great way to create extraordinary PowerPoints that catch eyeballs, engage learners, and educate them simultaneously. PowerPoint is quite capable but combining it with such tools takes it a notch higher. We shall be glad to hear about your thoughts and experience with any of these tools. You co<a href="https://draft.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack" rel="nofollow"></a>uld leave a comment below.</span></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-31598160388097323802018-08-02T08:32:00.000-07:002018-08-07T05:36:42.032-07:00Raptivity Prep Sheets – A More Convenient Way to Build Interactions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">Do you develop your Raptivity learning objects in a team? Or, are you an individual contributor who develops a lot of content and then uses it in Raptivity?</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">&nbsp; </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">In the former scenario, you might have a subject matter expert in place to develop the content; there could be an editor to proofread it; an artist dedicated to designing graphics; and a course creator or a developer who is actually responsible for putting it all together in Raptivity. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With so many people involved, the process to create even a simple learning module could consume a lot of time.</span><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Whereas in the latter, since the onus of everything is on you, you could be struggling to maintain your content repository in a way that is easier to understand and decipher. There might even be situations when you have to seek course content from your customers,or subject matter experts.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />K<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">eeping both the above scenarios and the challenges associated with them in mind, Raptivity has decided to launch interaction specific prep sheets to make their product usage easier. These prep sheets will outline all parameters available in specific interaction templates, along with providing placeholders for listing your content. These would be available as 'free-to-download and use' word files. You can use them to capture course content from various stakeholders, or to organize your content better.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">There are several evident benefits of these prep sheets:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">Even if your team members/external stakeholders are not acquainted with the Raptivity interface, they can still visualize the interaction outline through these prep sheets, and can share the course content accordingly.</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">These prep sheets will simplify your content organization process.</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%; text-indent: -0.25in;">If your team needs to create course content in multiple languages, you could directly translate the interaction prep sheet content. This is surely one hassle-free way to create courses in multiple languages.</span></li></ul><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">We will kick off&nbsp; this idea today by sharing prep sheets for three popular Raptivity interactions:<o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">Flash Cards<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J2CpwlVbidI/W2L7W3UYAXI/AAAAAAAAAKM/9RIYJfaq_tUEgOm6mBQvmCgagzntxC4sQCLcBGAs/s1600/Flash%2BCard%2BInteraction.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="1000" height="368" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J2CpwlVbidI/W2L7W3UYAXI/AAAAAAAAAKM/9RIYJfaq_tUEgOm6mBQvmCgagzntxC4sQCLcBGAs/s640/Flash%2BCard%2BInteraction.PNG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">When there is a need to reinforce core concepts, facts, or vocabulary, use Flash cards. You could effectively use it as a presentation aid or even a quick quiz. Questions/Cues can appear on one side of the Flash cards and corresponding information or answers can appear on the flip side. You could <a href="https://www.raptivity.com/raptivity-prep-sheets.html?utm_campaign=resourcescreation&amp;amp;utm_source=blog&amp;amp;utm_medium=bloglink">download the Flash Cards prep sheet here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">eBook<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_nOKNn1sNd0/W2L7lk9fTHI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/7KNsrplOABU35bnrqokBqXXLUmvL-qHAACLcBGAs/s1600/Ebook%2BInteraction.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1006" height="364" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_nOKNn1sNd0/W2L7lk9fTHI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/7KNsrplOABU35bnrqokBqXXLUmvL-qHAACLcBGAs/s640/Ebook%2BInteraction.PNG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">If you wish to reproduce the experience of reading and flipping pages, use the eBook interaction. This interaction, with its flipping effect, and the use of images and videos, makes the whole experience of reading very interesting and close to real life. <a href="https://www.raptivity.com/raptivity-prep-sheets.html?utm_campaign=resourcescreation&amp;amp;utm_source=blog&amp;amp;utm_medium=bloglink">Download the eBook prep sheet here.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hX-xZv_zeu4/W2L7vWDBVOI/AAAAAAAAAKY/ETqydX_NqT8xjiMktL3wpEdd3iQBEeYiQCLcBGAs/s1600/Lesson%2BInteraction.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1003" height="366" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hX-xZv_zeu4/W2L7vWDBVOI/AAAAAAAAAKY/ETqydX_NqT8xjiMktL3wpEdd3iQBEeYiQCLcBGAs/s640/Lesson%2BInteraction.PNG" width="620" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">If you intend to present something in the form of a screen by screen module, use the Lesson interaction. It allows you to describe the different elements on screen using onscreen text, images and voice over. You could even use it to create guided tours of several application screens. <a href="https://www.raptivity.com/raptivity-prep-sheets.html?utm_campaign=resourcescreation&amp;amp;utm_source=blog&amp;amp;utm_medium=bloglink">Click here to download the Lesson prep sheet.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">Lets us know if you found these prep sheets useful, so that we can build even more. You could </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -0.35pt; line-height: 115%;">drop a note to us at info@raptivity.com, or share your feedback through comments below. </span><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot; , &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: #333333; letter-spacing: -0.35pt;">&nbsp;</span></span></div></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-20262947920793536872018-07-26T06:09:00.000-07:002018-08-07T05:46:21.808-07:00Seven Ways to Increase Student Engagement in the Classroom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8xaFY64_Lq4/W1qp1OEBFaI/AAAAAAAAAKA/0JsEbekGjuw3iAFmB5-Af42GjzHf9tsEACLcBGAs/s1600/How%2Bto%2BIncrease%2BStudent%2BEngagement%2Bin%2Bthe%2BClassroom.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-8xaFY64_Lq4/W1qp1OEBFaI/AAAAAAAAAKA/0JsEbekGjuw3iAFmB5-Af42GjzHf9tsEACLcBGAs/s400/How%2Bto%2BIncrease%2BStudent%2BEngagement%2Bin%2Bthe%2BClassroom.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A survey conducted by Gallup indicates that only half of the world’s adolescent population reports feeling engaged in school and a fifth are actively disengaged. Engagement levels also show a consistent decrease as students get older<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>. With the constantly dropping attention spans, figuring out ways to improve learner engagement is the de-facto goal for most educators today. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;">This blog picks on some</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> handy and straightforward ways to improve classroom engagement. Read on:</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Rock the First 8 Seconds<br /></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">As per a research by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, you have merely 8 seconds to engage your learners before they move on to the next thing.&nbsp; So, use the first 8 seconds to your advantage and get down to business in a unique way. Run a trivia related to your subject, share a humorous fact about it, or open up the subject discussion using a video or game.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The 10:2 Method<br /></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">For every 10 minutes of instruction, allocate 2 minutes to your students to process and respond to it. Have them ask any questions they may have, or make them write what they have learned. You could even open up peer discussions in these 2 minutes.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Make them Move<br /></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This is a very basic, yet effective tip for improving classroom engagement. Activities that require students to respond to questions by moving around in the classroom, indulge in some physical tasks, role play, or even write on the whiteboard, keep them engaged.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Let them Ask<br /></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Students must be trained on the procedure of procuring information rather than simply consuming. They need to ask more questions, so provide them with abundant opportunities to do so. Encourage them when they ask more questions and reward them when they think out of the box. Make this ritual a part of your classroom, and you might not need to wait for assessments to see the results.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div> <br/><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Keep it Real</span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘Why am I learning this? This is a question that every student has. ‘Because it is in your syllabus’, is not the best answer. Giving them examples of how they might apply a skill in </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration-line: none;">real life</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">, makes it more relevant and engaging.</span><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">&nbsp;</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Leverage Technology<br /></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Technology distracts students, right? Well, why not harness it to engage them. Make place for digital tools in your classroom. In each of your sessions, designate a fixed time for gadget based exploration and learning. Use relevant apps for hands-on learning and for inculcating creativity. Let students use online tools to complete assignments. Using informative and interactive videos, animations, and strategically designed games is another excellent way to generate curiosity as well as interest in students. This could also help you provide feedback in the moment of learning.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Connected Learning Approach<br /></span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The connected learning approach is keyed to the abundance of information and social connection brought about by the digital media. An example of connected learning may be when a teacher asks students to take pictures of any new words they find outside the classroom, and as a monthly activity, and the entire class goes through the compilation of these pictures from all students. This is an amazing way to increase their vocabulary and keep them engaged in the subject while retaining their everyday technology connection.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.75pt;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Hope you found our compilation of student engagement strategies useful. Do let us know what approaches you use to keep the engagement levels high in your classroom.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12.75pt;"><i><span style="font-family: &quot;calibri&quot; , &quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Many educational institutes rely on <a href="https://www.raptivity.com/?utm_campaign=bloglink&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=link">Raptivity</a> to make their classrooms more engaging by using technology. Raptivity provides a plethora of learning templates across categories like presentations, games, quizzes, simulations, etc., to present your classroom content effectively. To find out how Raptivity can help you maximize student engagement in your classroom, <a href="https://www.raptivity.com/free-trial.html?utm_campaign=bloglink&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=link">take a free trial here.</a></span></i></div></div></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-74120568958521238952018-01-24T19:12:00.002-08:002018-01-24T19:12:52.660-08:00Five Interactive Learning Trends That Could Be the Game Changer This Year<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The learning technology adoption rate has been growing steadily over the last few years. Better, newer technologies and devices have come to the limelight, and people have welcomed them with an open mind. eLearning is also making a paradigm shift to keep up with this changing landscape. Today, various mediums bring eLearning to the learners exactly as they want it. Interactivity has taken different forms, growing bigger than ever. All this is facilitated by new technologies and trends making their way into mainstream. Let’s look at some of these trends.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />1. <b>Interactive Videos</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rxSLMnCPnqA/WmlKS1nHlyI/AAAAAAAAAJI/eo2p5FF2PCAEKkymUAbjzZLS4HW5dkGPACLcBGAs/s1600/Fotolia_68822026_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="265" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rxSLMnCPnqA/WmlKS1nHlyI/AAAAAAAAAJI/eo2p5FF2PCAEKkymUAbjzZLS4HW5dkGPACLcBGAs/s400/Fotolia_68822026_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Videos are the de-facto standard of communication today. If a picture speaks a thousand words, a video definitely speaks a million. Interactive videos take this experience a level higher as they transform the traditional video experience from a monologue into a dialogue. With their power to turn passive content into an active experience for viewers, interactive videos tend to fetch a larger number of views compared to traditional videos. <br /><br />Interactive videos should ideally be capable of providing skip navigation, informative overlays and quizzes, feature engaging user interactions, and also help a viewer learn what’s important. These videos can be completely personalized according to the viewer’s requirements.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />2. <b>Micro-Learning</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--efi0h63WuY/WmlKgm7VqAI/AAAAAAAAAJM/0_gCqpy9jscuLRDVnHyaPF3cGvHHvoC2gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Fotolia_136590061_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/--efi0h63WuY/WmlKgm7VqAI/AAAAAAAAAJM/0_gCqpy9jscuLRDVnHyaPF3cGvHHvoC2gCEwYBhgL/s400/Fotolia_136590061_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>&nbsp;</b><br />Micro-learning is already mainstream. People have been talking about it for long and have started using it considerably to enhance their eLearning courses. But, it is still broadly understood as short videos or clips. In reality, micro-learning can very well be a short learning nugget in any form - an interactive video, a short game, quiz, an interactive infographic, or even a small eBook. With increased smart-phone usage, the demand for micro-learning will only increase in 2018.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />3. <b>Experiential Learning on Mobile</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oG2lQlcQW3M/WmlKO91n_CI/AAAAAAAAAJA/OZEmRvYmSAQXRF60e3ZNcpq20QhSJPfvwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Fotolia_137128961_Subscription_Monthly_M%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oG2lQlcQW3M/WmlKO91n_CI/AAAAAAAAAJA/OZEmRvYmSAQXRF60e3ZNcpq20QhSJPfvwCEwYBhgL/s400/Fotolia_137128961_Subscription_Monthly_M%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>&nbsp;</b><br />The number of global smart-phone users is growing year on year. With this increase, mobile learning is on the rise too. It is convenient, and also increases user reach by offering flexibility and accessibility. Learners can make use of their time during commute, mundane activities, or whenever they don’t have access to a larger screen. Learning providers now take it as given that their modules need to be accessible across multiple devices. With mobile devices coming up with an inbuilt AR support, learning on mobile will go up a notch higher. It will not just be about presenting any content, but letting users experience the content. <br />There is a lot of development on the 3D front too. 3D images and videos are on the rise, and could significantly contribute to enhanced mobile learning experiences.&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. <b>AI Empowered Learner Interactions&nbsp;</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzag_lWVAB8/WmlKLaTKATI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/y293HfRJpIcQ01y8lqGahM6rSBx-SbRDwCEwYBhgL/s1600/Fotolia_181474849_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1600" height="263" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzag_lWVAB8/WmlKLaTKATI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/y293HfRJpIcQ01y8lqGahM6rSBx-SbRDwCEwYBhgL/s400/Fotolia_181474849_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>&nbsp;</b><br />The learning systems and platforms that have been used till date for any kind of assessments and recaps have fixed logic that has been keyed in. For instance, say there is a question that a course creator has framed, based on one of the modules on botanical study. It shows the picture of a rose flower and asks ‘Which flower is this?’ Now, the course creator has programmed a correct answer option for it in the module. It says ‘This is a rose.’ Today, if a learner undertakes such an assessment question and responds with anything other than the programmed answer, it is considered wrong. However, with AI becoming main-stream, if a system is built that could evaluate learners through intelligent logic rather than what is framed, that could make learner interactions and the learning process fantastic. In such cases, if a user responds ‘This is Rosa’, that would be correct too, since Rosa is the scientific name of rose. This information need not be present in the course module at all, but the system would be intelligent enough to know that this is also a correct answer. The use of artificial intelligence in the learner’s interactions will thus be a very interesting development to watch out for.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. <b>Voice Technology Usage in Courses</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bHFuqlySo0k/WmlKRPbsMHI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Ukt93pC9ZMgy8lSb6gaYd0JFbphem1N8gCEwYBhgL/s1600/Fotolia_187646249_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="266" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bHFuqlySo0k/WmlKRPbsMHI/AAAAAAAAAJU/Ukt93pC9ZMgy8lSb6gaYd0JFbphem1N8gCEwYBhgL/s400/Fotolia_187646249_Subscription_Monthly_M.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>&nbsp;</b><br />Put simply, voice recognition in any software or hardware is the ability to understand and interpret the human voice – and then it allows the user to either operate a device, or perform an action without any keyboard input. While voice technology has been around for long, its presence in eLearning was never witnessed. However, advances in AI mean that the possibilities of voice-driven learning could finally become a reality. All that learners would then need to do is, to open their course and talk to it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />We are excited about these possibilities, but how they shape up is something only time will tell. But for now, let’s wait for a learning technology-driven 2018.</span></div></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-8983616787301541992017-11-20T22:18:00.001-08:002017-11-20T22:38:17.310-08:00Upcoming Webinar - The Steps You Must Take to Ensure Your Learners are Truly Engaged<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Interactivity is the most essential ingredient of an engaging eLearning course. Sans interactivity, eLearning courses lose their gleam and learners just end up hitting Next-Next-Next passively. The only way to ensure that learners are...well, learning...is to involve the learner at almost every step. Present them with a problem they must solve, one that would be similar to that which they encounter on the job. Have them demonstrate that they know why a problem occurs and how to solve the problem step by step. Using this approach means adopting interactivity and varying the interactions you use.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Kw4IRE-iNg/WhPEK73xXII/AAAAAAAAAN4/VZ0AsXncZDIG2mHog5np6NjxMInX-J_zgCLcBGAs/s1600/Googleplus_raptivity_webinar_7dec.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="608" data-original-width="1080" height="225" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8Kw4IRE-iNg/WhPEK73xXII/AAAAAAAAAN4/VZ0AsXncZDIG2mHog5np6NjxMInX-J_zgCLcBGAs/s400/Googleplus_raptivity_webinar_7dec.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Team Raptivity has coupled up with Joe Ganci, a veteran of 34 years in the eLearning industry, to deliver an insightful webinar focused on interactivity. The webinar, titled 'The Steps You Must Take to Ensure Your Learners are Truly Engaged', is scheduled for Dec 7, 9 am PST.&nbsp; Joe will touch upon the many ways in which interactivity can be created using Raptivity. He will demonstrate how to use several Raptivity interactions in isolation or embedded in larger eLearning lessons to turn courses into engaging experiences. <br /><br />In this session, you will also learn to:<br /><ul><li> Apply the case-based scenario approach to any topic you need your learners to master</li><li> Use interactions to build the scenarios quickly</li><li> Track each learner's progress through the scenarios</li><li> Include the interactions in your authoring tool of choice </li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, grab this amazing chance and be a part of this webinar. You may register <a href="https://www.goo.gl/yAZa5n" target="_blank">here</a>.&nbsp;</div><div>P.S. You will be welcome to ask Joe any questions you may have, so be sure to attend! </div></div></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-1701256217493020432017-07-17T09:00:00.000-07:002017-07-17T09:00:22.804-07:00Raptivity Flavors - A Chance To Get Your Template Idea Featured in Raptivity<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-IN</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> 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justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">We know you have always loved Raptivity for enabling you to create hassle-free eLearning and we wouldn’t want it any other way. The folks in our team are always on the lookout for ways to make eLearning innovative, interesting and easier. We carry out our own research, study market requirements, evaluate upcoming trends and also speak to our customers from time to time to get their inputs on making Raptivity better. During one such exercise, some of our customers showed us how they were able to use a single Raptivity interaction in multiple creative ways. We were absolutely amazed by the level of imagination and creativity of these people.&nbsp; We could not even recognize what Raptivity interactions were used as a base for those samples. This got us thinking if the entire Raptivity community of users could be benefitted by this practice readily! And tadaa, we got a fabulous idea. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The team donned its creative hats and also got in touch with these customers to build something called <b>Raptivity Flavors</b>; which in essence means various flavors of the existing interaction templates. We understand that it is not always convenient and quick to think out of the box while creating samples and that’s why many people end up using the interactions exactly how they are designed by default. What we are going to do, is, use the elements of the same interaction in different ways so that you get new ways of using the same interaction model. To give you an example, you would be able to use Flash Cards to build an engaging presentation, or an exciting quiz, or reinforce key points of a topic in picture. All these options would be readily available as multiple flavors of the Flash Card interaction model.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Basically, one Raptivity interaction will have many flavors. More the interactions, even more flavors. </span>Does this sound interesting? Well, we are going to make it even better. We would love to incorporate your ideas in the flavors release. &nbsp;If you are one of those creative masters who always likes to use Raptivity in innovative ways, show us your magic. Send your interaction samples to <a href="mailto:info@raptivity.com">info@raptivity.com</a> by July 24, 2017, and the best ones will be featured as distinct flavors in Raptivity. Also note that <span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">we will not reuse the content of any of your samples but just take creative reference from the way the sample(s) have been built.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">So get set to witness the charm of Interaction Flavors by Raptivity. Stay tuned for more updates!</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Yours Creatively,</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Team Raptivity</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-51039819948622117102017-06-01T22:06:00.002-07:002017-06-01T22:06:26.627-07:00Enabling Instructional Designers - Using Raptivity for Rapid Storyboarding<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In our last two blogs in the ‘Enabling Instructional Designers’ series, we discussed about using Raptivity as an instructional designing aid to visualize content and to improve communication with subject matter experts. Today, we will talk about a practice very close to any Instructional Designer’s heart – Storyboarding. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Storyboard is like the blueprint of an eLearning course. Instructional designers and course creators always intend to create a good storyboard for their courses since it is central to eLearning course development.&nbsp;But creating a detailed and clear storyboard can take a lot of time. Here is a quick tip on using Raptivity for rapid storyboarding.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">An Instructional Designer can create storyboard layouts based on the <a href="http://raptivity.com/product.html#suite">Raptivity templates</a> that s/he wants to use in the course. The Subject Matter Expert can then fill in the content in the storyboard. Post that, the storyboard again goes back to the instructional designer who may then fine-tune it and eventually, can copy the content from it and paste it in the Raptivity interaction templates. Definitely saves a lot of time for storyboarding as well as actual course creation!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Alternatively, each Raptivity template can be assigned a code or reference number. The instructional designer can just mention the relevant codes or reference numbers in the storyboard instead of adding any notes for the developer. This can help save a lot of storyboarding time.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Below is a diagrammatic representation of both the approaches for quick reference:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span lang="EN-US">Approach 1</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7nzvUBDn6to/WTDxFvf60bI/AAAAAAAAANk/gOFd-RDcDjQgbU9qNfhZzjHFClYjJPX2wCLcB/s1600/A1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="524" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7nzvUBDn6to/WTDxFvf60bI/AAAAAAAAANk/gOFd-RDcDjQgbU9qNfhZzjHFClYjJPX2wCLcB/s400/A1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;">Approach 2</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XZUxeALHCCU/WTDxIvfcANI/AAAAAAAAANo/tSNeJMk2xNsmnoqtn_VIVP3Un5btitUSQCLcB/s1600/A2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="609" height="206" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XZUxeALHCCU/WTDxIvfcANI/AAAAAAAAANo/tSNeJMk2xNsmnoqtn_VIVP3Un5btitUSQCLcB/s400/A2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Interesting use case once again! Isn’t it? Did you know Raptivity could be such a handy tool for Instructional Designers? Have you ever used it this way? Share your thoughts through comments below.</div></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-43432586010370466442017-05-04T00:42:00.002-07:002017-05-04T00:42:32.408-07:00Enabling Instructional Designers - Using Raptivity for Improving Communication with Subject Matter Experts <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style><![endif]--> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">In our <a href="http://blog.raptivity.com/2017/04/enabling-instructional-designers-using.html">last blog</a> in the ‘Enabling Instructional Designers’ series, we wrote about using Raptivity as an instructional designing aid to visualize content and come up with the graphic treatment during storyboarding. Today, we will talk about using Raptivity to improve communication with subject matter experts (SMEs) and clients in an eLearning setup.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">When you work in an eLearning development team, you have to deal with multiple people and more often than not, you need to incorporate everyone’s ideas and feedback in your work. But most instructional designers have a specific way of putting together their storyboard. Many times, SMEs find it difficult to understand these storyboards and fail to visualize how the content will look in the actual course. Raptivity can serve as an aid to ease this situation.&nbsp;</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Let’s understand it better through the following example:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">All Raptivity interaction templates follow a unique visual style and clearly indicate how the content will be displayed through each of them. An instructional designer can make good use of these ready interactions in his/her storyboard. They may share Raptivity interaction samples (created by them previously or published default templates) with the subject matter experts or clients. They can even share the <a href="http://raptivity.com/product.html#suite">interaction</a> or <a href="http://raptivity.com/support.html#sampleCourses">sample course</a> links from the Raptivity website (The Raptivity website features all default interaction templates and multiple samples). Looking at these templates and samples, the SME can have a fair idea of how the content is going to look like in the course. Based on the same, s/he can share feedback with the instructional designer and the number of iterations can significantly reduce.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">Alternatively, an instructional designer can share multiple template options for each content chunk and the subject matter expert can choose the one s/he thinks is the best. This way they get to witness and choose from a huge variety and it also reduces alterations during the actual course development process.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US">Below is a diagrammatic representation of both the approaches for easy reference:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Approach 1</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uGLjTOmN1LQ/WQra1EqUnNI/AAAAAAAAANM/NAPPxdyK370MOM7WKF7MqEVS2M7qD63rQCLcB/s1600/A1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-uGLjTOmN1LQ/WQra1EqUnNI/AAAAAAAAANM/NAPPxdyK370MOM7WKF7MqEVS2M7qD63rQCLcB/s400/A1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-IN; mso-fareast-language: EN-IN; mso-no-proof: yes;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US">Approach 2</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z3rheiQlwc8/WQra5im8iKI/AAAAAAAAANQ/5wOfQGbLQ9UMBuxoQelkkIsmlI_UoQQLACLcB/s1600/A2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z3rheiQlwc8/WQra5im8iKI/AAAAAAAAANQ/5wOfQGbLQ9UMBuxoQelkkIsmlI_UoQQLACLcB/s400/A2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span lang="EN-US">Interesting! Isn’t it? Did you know Raptivity could be used for these small hacks apart from serving its core purpose of course creation? Have you ever used Raptivity this way? Share through comments below.</span></div></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-32288193402497741652017-04-17T22:48:00.003-07:002017-04-17T22:48:34.880-07:00Upcoming Webinar - Employee Training and Its Impact on Productivity, Retention and Revenue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;">Research states that one-third of new hires quit their job after about six months and disengagement costs billions (US$343 billion annually). Well, most employees want to do a good job and feel satisfied when their efforts make a difference to their workplace. But more often than not, employees need to be trained continually to feel engaged, to keep learning, to keep performing well, and to keep growing. Training can have a significant impact on employee engagement and retention. For every 1% increase in employee engagement, you can expect to see an additional 0.6% growth in sales for an organization.<br /><br />Ironically, many organizations feel that if there is no point spending money and time to train and develop employees. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that companies with fewer than 100 employees gave only 12 minutes of manager training every six months. Think large companies with 100 to 500 employees do better? No. they provided just 6 minutes per half year.<br /><br />The fact is that a well-designed training program can play a critical part in boosting employees’ self-worth, development opportunities and make them feel good about their job. Performing well becomes second nature for well-trained employees. The improvement is bound to have a positive impact on the business in terms of increased productivity and revenue, and lesser attrition and supervision.<br /><br />Join two experts - <b>Susan Wines</b>, eLearning Specialist, Thomson Reuters (Tax &amp; Accounting) Inc., and <b>Cynthia Alderman</b>, Senior Technical Editor and Instructional Designer, Thomson Reuters (Tax &amp; Accounting) Inc., on <b>April 26, 10 AM PST</b> for an insightful webinar on Training and Retention. They will talk about the importance of employee training and its impact on business.<br /><br />Key takeaways from this session will help you:<br />• Determine and Evaluate Turnover Issues<br />• Identify Skill-Gap Challenges<br />• Present a Case for Investing in Training for Employee Engagement<br />&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Register <a href="https://harbingergroup.webex.com/mw3100/mywebex/default.do?nomenu=true&amp;siteurl=harbingergroup&amp;service=6&amp;rnd=0.97998753765129&amp;main_url=https%3A%2F%2Fharbingergroup.webex.com%2Fec3100%2Feventcenter%2Fevent%2FeventAction.do%3FtheAction%3Ddetail%26%26%26EMK%3D4832534b0000000470985ff1ff826e292688a097dbfaebf851f569eab6554e1932e1a4bafbb97780%26siteurl%3Dharbingergroup%26confViewID%3D3248933023%26encryptTicket%3DSDJTSwAAAARg34juXVtSNmsVSdVcCBbxkLkAg5qYkpqkqhfDWRNnAA2%26" target="_blank">here</a>.</div></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-28907344906625176962017-04-11T09:00:00.000-07:002017-04-11T09:00:05.249-07:00Enabling Instructional Designers - Using Raptivity for Content Visualization<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Effective content visualization is one of the key elements of instructional design. It plays a key role in engaging learners. On the development side, it lets instructional designers (IDs) present complex topics in formats that are appealing to the eye, and helpful enough to retain knowledge. IDs have various options to present content - diagrams, charts, graphs, illustrations, drawings, photographs, etc, but deciding on what to use and how exactly to use it, can be tricky. Raptivity can serve as a great aid at such times. It can help IDs visualize content and decide on the graphic treatment during storyboarding. Let me explain it using two scenarios:<br /><br /><b>Scenario 1</b><br />Raptivity interactions are classified into various categories such as scenario based learning, games, presentation aids, quizzes, etc. Now, if while storyboarding, an ID wants to design/present a particular content chunk as a diagram, s/he can refer to the interactions under ‘Interactive Diagrams’ category of Raptivity to see different types of diagrams. Depending on the requirement, the ID can choose which diagram type works the best and accordingly the graphic/multi-media treatment for the content in the storyboard can be decided. The same concept can be used to look for design options in various other categories too.<br /><br /><b>Scenario 2</b><br />Raptivity has a unique search functionality, where you can type in any search word in the search box and related interactions are displayed. For instance, an instructional designer can type the word “classification and all interactions that present classification exercises in different ways are displayed. The instructional designer can look at all options and accordingly then choose and describe the graphic for the exercise in the storyboard.<br /><br />Thus, Raptivity can help instructional designers to visualize content and decide on the graphic treatment, irrespective of whether it will be actually used to develop the course or not. Interesting! Isn’t it?<br /><br />Have you ever used Raptivity in this way? Share your comments below.<br /><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-58926978203989905452017-03-26T22:28:00.000-07:002017-03-26T22:29:01.792-07:00Five Tips To Make an Instructional Designer’s LinkedIn Profile Shine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network with approximately 467 million members across the globe. It can offer a great networking experience to eLearning professionals and can also lead to new business or career opportunities. LinkedIn is a powerful tool to promote your brand (could be your company or you as a professional) amongst thousands of like minded professionals, decision makers, partners, talent seekers, or customers.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">LinkedIn recently&nbsp;<a href="https://blog.linkedin.com/2017/january/19/linkedin-desktop-redesign-puts-conversations-and-content-at-the-center" target="_blank">redesigned its UI, thus bringing Conversations and Content to the heart of the platform</a>. In-line with this redesigned user experience that LinkedIn offers now; I am going to share some tips that could make your profile stand out as an eLearning professional, and specifically as an instructional designer. Some tips would be generic and fairly simple, while others could be used to specifically display your work and skill set.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. Picture</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This is the simplest of all. Your LinkedIn profile picture puts a face to your profile, a face that people could relate to. Not having a profile picture or using an unprofessional one is not admirable. So stick to a good profile picture, a professional headshot always does the trick.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The new thumbnail of your LinkedIn profile picture is a circle. To ensure that the thumbnail image looks like what it should, go to edit your picture and confirm that it appears the way you want it.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>2. Background Photo</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Use the background image to talk about something significant like your organization. The new dimensions for the background image are 1536 x 738. Even when you use the correct dimensions, ensure that you consider the image and text positioning. A fuzzy image that doesn’t adhere to the required dimensions or an image with text or graphics getting cut is not appealing to the viewer. So double check once you are done. An interesting way that graphic designers could use this feature is by using some innovative infographic or tag-cloud as the background photo. The infographic could be made from snapshots of your work, whereas the tag cloud could speak about your skills.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. Headline</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The headline is possibly the most important part on your LinkedIn profile. It should be about what you do rather than what you are. Use these 120 characters to generate curiosity in the viewer to know more about you. Weave in your specialty and leverage it to the fullest. For example, if you are an instructional designer, a very creative and jazzy headline could be something like this:&nbsp;<i>Instructional Designer, Storyteller and Thinker who weaves magic in her courses. Oh, and people love my storyboards.</i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>4. Summary and Experience</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">The Summary section is a very critical element of your LinkedIn profile as it showcases your professional story. With the new look, only the first two lines of your Summary are visible upfront. You need to grab people’s attention now to read more. So let your summary be crisp, and include the most important and interesting stuff at the top. Also, be mindful of spacing. Nothing puts down a viewer as much as an unevenly spaced summary text.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">While stating about your experience, state your current position and also fill up information about all your previous work assignments. It adds credibility to your profile. Ensure you do not add any incorrect information.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>Add your Portfolio</b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">A very interesting and effective way of making your LinkedIn profile stand out as an instructional designer is by adding your portfolio. And as the LinkedIn team itself states, rich, tangible examples show your quality of work and give people a reason to interact with you. You could do this by uploading relevant media files or sharing links to any external media under the ‘Summary’ or ‘Experience’ section.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">This makes your profile visually appealing and also helps people see samples of your actual work rather than just reading some text around it. You could also design your own examples to be uploaded as media. But ensure you do not include anything that comes under the ownership/copyright of your current or previous employers.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><u><b><br /></b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><u><b>How to do it?</b></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">Well, PowerPoint and Videos are two effective ways of going about it. If you choose to go with a PowerPoint, make it interactive by inserting ready-to-use interactivities from a tool like Raptivity. The benefit of interactive stuff is that it can engage the viewer unlike a static PowerPoint.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">You could even demonstrate a complete project story by building a PowerPoint with interactivities. It can talk about everything right from your course objectives to the software you used, to the challenges you faced and how you overcame them. Leverage the power of storytelling using interactivities.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">If you choose to go with creating a video, you could either add narration and convert your PowerPoint to a video or build a video from scratch depending on what works better for you. Videos are undoubtedly the most effective way of conveying your story and examples.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><b>5. Strengthen your profile further</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"></div><ul><li><b>Education</b>: Filling up the following sections - Education, Certificates, Awards (If applicable), showcases your continual growth and helps you strengthen your profile further. &nbsp;Also make sure to add your contact information so that people can quickly reach out to you if required.</li><li><b>Featured Skills</b>: The new profile view only shows the first 3 skills you have listed in the Skills &amp; Endorsements section. Since you can reorder your skills, select the top three that are most important to you to be visible.</li><li><b>Groups</b>: Join the right eLearning and instructional designing groups and be an active member there. Start commenting on posts and articles, or initiate your own discussions whenever required. This will help you become visible to the fraternity and will also serve as a platform to showcase your expertise.</li><li><b>Incorrect Spellings and Grammar</b>: Be wary of incorrect spellings and grammar, be very wary! Wrong spellings and grammar can spell disaster for instructional designers, or rather all eLearning professionals. So proofread everything that you post, on your profile, or anywhere else on LinkedIn.&nbsp;</li></ul><div>Got more tips on using LinkedIn to the fullest? Share them with us below. Let us promise ourselves to leverage the power of this amazing platform called LinkedIn. Let us all rise and shine.</div></div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-33254636121061155962017-02-28T23:35:00.001-08:002017-02-28T23:35:26.315-08:00A Trainer's Perspective on Making Corporate Training More Productive<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">For quite some time now, we have been focusing on how to make corporate training better. In a recent <a href="http://blog.raptivity.com/2017/01/can-compliance-training-actually-be-fun.html" target="_blank">blog post</a>, we spoke about making compliance training fun. Continuing on the same lines, today we are going to explore how to make compliance, and rather, all internal training more interesting for employees. We would explore the first-hand experience of a customer (Name Confidential) on how she made training more interesting for her organization’s employees. For the sake of remembrance, let’s call this customer Miss T.<br />Why T? Well, I could have called her A, B, C, or any other alphabet, but since T could very well stand for Trainer, let’s go ahead and see what Miss T had to share. Oh, and by the way, Miss T is responsible for building and delivering internal training programs at a global publishing house.<br /><br />Me: <b>How important is compliance training within your organization</b>?<br />Miss T: <i>Internally, our compliance training is very important, from the Board Chairman! The CEO! The President! And all the way down to everyday employees. Sometimes it is tied to our employment, sometimes to our goals, and sometimes assigned by HR, which holds our managers responsible for our completion.&nbsp;</i><br /><br />Me: <b>What is the downside if employees are not fully engaged when they undergo compliance training?&nbsp;</b><br />Miss T: <i>If employees are disengaged, but technically fulfilling the requirement of being present for the training, they risk not learning the important lesson. For instance, some rules in our annual ethics training that breaking just once is not a warning for an employee, it is terminatio</i>n.<br /><i>In the corporate culture, we have engagement issue like everyone else. Actively disengaged employees pull down the team. I’ve read that it takes four engaged employees to cancel out the bad effects of just one disengaged employee. What I see is social pressure to conform, to pay attention, to be mindful, and to try hard.&nbsp;</i><br /><br />Me: <b>How has the response to your compliance and other internal training been? &nbsp;</b><br />Miss T: <i>My biggest success is when I only train one person and assign that person to train two people. That focus ensures that my one person is paying total attention. They want to train the other two successfully, too, as they have just demonstrated they are ready for a more managerial role. I have, in effect, discovered the team’s motivation—the ‘What’s in it for me’ question—and it’s their career. When I tie the training to their career, employees give their undivided attention.&nbsp;</i><br /><i>Before that, my success rate was half and half. For some companies, that’s a great response! I think the norm is closer to 10%. I realized that the employees interpreted the training as demos—suggestions—and, while I built a bond with them, the training was not retained.&nbsp;</i><br /><br />Me: <b>Have you experimented with any strategies to make your training more interesting or fun?&nbsp;</b><br />Miss T: <i>When we have offered prizes, held contests, the results were disappointing. My goal since then has been to make employees laugh to make the training memorable, also to get them to start talking and feel easier about asking a question. I once used a theme of dessert treats so they couldn’t wait to see the next slide, plus they knew I knew they were hungry as the training was before lunch. I also ensure that my training content is visually appealing and highly interactive.</i><br /><br />So these were some interesting strategies that Miss T employs for making training a little less boring and a lot more productive. Do you have any unique ideas deployed at your workplace that improved your training? Do share them below.</div>Isha Soodhttps://plus.google.com/113659807048011376504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-73518460035532322372017-02-06T08:00:00.000-08:002017-02-06T08:00:00.162-08:00Upcoming Webinar: Raptivity - A Solution to Your Key Instructional Design Challenges<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">An instructional designer knows well how difficult and time consuming it is to develop an eLearning course where multiple stakeholders are involved. A large team calls for more reviews, more feedback and more iterations. Raptivity, your ever-favorite interactivity building tools, can be your magic wand to handle such scenarios too. That means not only can Raptivity help you develop highly interactive eLearning courses, but it can also assist you to make the complete process of eLearning development smoother.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">If you are interested to know more, join us for a complimentary webinar on<b> Feb 22, 10 am PST</b> with Desiree Pinder. Desiree is the Executive Director of Artisan E-Learning where she helps companies get up and running with e-learning initiatives. She is also recognized as an <a href="http://raptivity.com/community.html#thoughtLeaders" target="_blank">Interactive Learning Thought Leader</a> due to her much acclaimed work.&nbsp;</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">This webinar will touch on how Raptivity can assist in the following:</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Content visualization&nbsp;</li><li>Developing proofs of concept</li><li>Improving communication with subject matter experts&nbsp;</li><li>Rapid storyboarding</li><li>eLearning course creation&nbsp;</li></ul><br /><div class="MsoNormal">Wait no more and register for this webinar <a href="https://harbingergroup.webex.com/harbingergroup/onstage/g.php?MTID=eea5ab3ed9a0b23a59cc8879c2dc85647" target="_blank">here</a>. We look forward to seeing you in the session.</div></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-42387119187515590052017-01-17T08:00:00.000-08:002018-07-23T22:06:32.604-07:00Can compliance training actually be fun?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal">Let’s face it. No one EVER looks forward to compliance training sessions. The reason people attend compliance training sessions is same as the reason six-year-olds brush their teeth every morning. Because it’s mandatory.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Compliance trainings are somewhat tricky to administer because they are not about sharing information or teaching a new skill. Instead, compliance training is usually about influencing employees to alter their behaviour favourably. When it comes to topics such as anti-discrimination, anti-bribery, business etiquette etc. the training needs to teach employees to behave in a certain fashion, irrespective of their personal values or prejudices. And because behaviour is always a choice, it becomes that much harder to bring about a behavioural change.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Compliance trainings are viewed as an obligation</h4><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Because these trainings need to be repeated regularly (usually annually) as mandated by law or company policy, attending these becomes tiresome and extremely boring, especially for repeat attendees. As a result, most employees tend to look at compliance training as an obligation or a necessary evil, rather than a choice.</div><div class="MsoNormal">The lack of enthusiasm for compliance training is not restricted just to the audience. On their part, instructional designers too tend to invest relatively minimal efforts to design compliance training courses because they are mandatory trainings delivered to a captive audience. There is a tendency to stick to the basics and not think much about the user experience. Over time, this becomes problematic because trainings become less impactful and defeat their very purpose.</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Instead, it would help to change the perspective and view compliance trainings as a great opportunity to positively influence a captive audience. With a little bit of effort, it is possible to make compliance training both impactful and entertaining.<br /><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;">Upping the ‘fun and engagement’ quotient for compliance training</h4><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">We were chatting with one of our customers on this topic and she had some great insights. She suggested the use of gamification, video, multimedia to make compliance training as engaging as possible. The key is to make it relatable to the audienc<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>e.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.raptivity.com/free-trial.html?utm_campaign=banner&amp;utm_source=FreePromotion&amp;utm_medium=blog"><img border="0" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="625" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TLofkwwPPI8/W1azs3lBjlI/AAAAAAAAAQE/x1KbNOJKGLMf7MSlFzuTxnkxSL278MvBQCLcBGAs/s1600/Download%2BRaptivity%2BFree%2BTrial%2BToday.png" /></a></div>For instance, she talked about how she uses short, impactful supplementary training sessions through the year to reinforce the lessons learnt during a particular compliance training. She designs these supplementary sessions in the form of contests, quizzes or ‘spin the wheel’ type games. Like she rightly pointed out, it’s impossible for attendees to retain all aspects of the session in one go, irrespective of how they perform in post-test evaluations. Gamification can be a great tool to reinforce the lessons in an interesting and fun way.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Anecdotal evidence suggests that the impact of such efforts is apparent. Far from taking a ‘let me get this over with’ approach, people actually begin to enjoy the sessions. These sessions break the monotony of the work day and give employees an opportunity to challenge themselves against peers. They can compare their knowledge on the subject with that of peers in a fun and competitive way. Wrong answers help them learn too.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Even if the subject of training is slightly sensitive (such as anti-discrimination), there are several ways to make it engaging. For instance, presenting information in the form of a book you can flip through can be an interesting change. Using simulations and what-if scenarios to engage the trainees can also help in better recall when it comes to sensitive topics.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal">Apart from the gamification aspect, a good compliance training session needs to have these four Rs. It needs to be:</div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b style="text-indent: -18pt;">Relevant </b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">to the subject matter</span></li><li><b style="text-indent: -18pt;">Relatable </b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">to the participants</span></li><li><b style="text-indent: -18pt;">Repeatable </b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;">to engage the audience for multiple sessions</span></li><li>Must have <b style="text-indent: -18pt;">Recordable</b><span style="text-indent: -18pt;"> results</span></li></ul><div class="MsoNormal">For instructional designers, the fact that there is a captive audience that is bound to attend the training is a good problem to have. Making it impactful, engaging and interesting can create a positive experience for both the course designers as well as attendees. There are many solutions available in the market that could help you build interesting interactivities. <a href="http://raptivity.com/">Raptivity</a> by <a href="http://www.harbingergroup.com/">Harbinger</a> is one such tool that is widely recognized for its variety of templates that could help increase the fun quotient of your compliance training modules; and eLearning modules in general.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div class="MsoNormal">Do drop in some ideas on how compliance trainings are made fun at your workplace.</div></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-52220726728423182602016-12-19T09:00:00.000-08:002016-12-20T22:25:16.581-08:00eLearning Coffee Breaks - Episode 8<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="613" height="345" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FAJsIMZAngk/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FAJsIMZAngk?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-54802950364673738732016-12-12T09:00:00.000-08:002016-12-12T09:00:11.893-08:00eLearning Coffee Breaks - Episode 7<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="613" height="345" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bMDN19UA6j8/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bMDN19UA6j8?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-54632358255778098032016-12-05T09:00:00.000-08:002016-12-05T09:00:06.282-08:00eLearning Coffee Breaks - Episode 6<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/G0KEIe7naWU/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="345" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/G0KEIe7naWU?feature=player_embedded" width="613"></iframe></div><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-30710660181539298032016-11-28T09:00:00.000-08:002016-12-07T22:11:36.046-08:00eLearning Coffee Breaks - Episode 5<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="613" height="345" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mZLieV8aZyw/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/mZLieV8aZyw?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-25772670878376893942016-11-21T09:00:00.000-08:002016-11-21T09:00:15.827-08:00eLearning Coffee Breaks - Episode 4<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="613" height="345" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RUzVCByosJI/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/RUzVCByosJI?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-58962357446415034772016-11-14T09:00:00.000-08:002016-11-14T09:00:21.414-08:00eLearning Coffee Breaks - Episode 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="613" height="345" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/26xBqIdMC2c/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/26xBqIdMC2c?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500970710058238120.post-79217109154767365662016-11-07T09:00:00.000-08:002016-11-07T09:00:02.194-08:00eLearning Coffee Breaks - Episode 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe width="613" height="345" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/3gLq83bJBG0/0.jpg" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3gLq83bJBG0?feature=player_embedded" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></div><br /></div>Raptivity Marketinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02117549911150832590noreply@blogger.com0